NAME
Vim::Debug::Manual - Integrate the Perl debugger with Vim
What is VimDebug?
VimDebug integrates the Perl debugger with Vim, allowing developers to
visually step through their code, examine variables, set or clear
breakpoints, etc.
VimDebug is known to work under Unix/Ubuntu/OSX. It requires Perl
5.FIXME or later and some CPAN modules may need to be installed. It also
requires Vim 7.FIXME or later that was built with the +signs and +perl
extensions.
How do I install VimDebug?
VimDebug has a Perl component and a Vim component. To install the Perl
libraries use cpanm :
# install cpanm
curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - --sudo App::cpanminus
# install VimDebug Perl libraries
cpanm VimDebug
Next, install the Vim component:
vimdebug-install -d ~/.vim
You may want to replace "~/.vim" by some other directory that your Vim
recognizes as a runtimepath directory. See Vim's ":help 'runtimepath'"
for more information.
Using VimDebug
Launch Vim and open a file named with a ".pl" extension. Press to
start the debugger. To change the default Vim key bindings, shown here,
edit VimDebug.vim:
Start the debugger
s/ Start the debugger. Prompts for command line arguments.
Restart debugger. Break points are ALWAYS saved (for all dbgrs).
Exit the debugger
Next
Step
Continue
b Set break point on the current line
c Clear break point on the current line
v Print the value of the variable under the cursor
v/ Print the value of an expression thats entered
/ Type a command for the debugger to execute and echo the result
Improving VimDebug
VimDebug is on github: https://github.com/kablamo/VimDebug.git
To do development work on VimDebug, clone its git repo and read
./documentation/DEVELOPER.HOWOTO.
In principle, the VimDebug code can be extended to handle other
debuggers, like the one for Ruby or Python, but that remains to be done.
Please note that this code is in beta.
AUTHOR
Eric Johnson
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Eric Johnson.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.